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The Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) is one of the academic Centres in Bayero University, Kano Nigeria. The Centre was established in 2012 with the support of MacArthur Foundation with the aim of building human resource capacity and generating sustainable agricultural technologies that would increase the productivity of crops and livestock in the semi-arid and dry sub humid environments of Nigeria and the West African sub-region.

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The Centre

The Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) is one of the newly established academic Centres and Institutes in Bayero University. In February 2012 Bayero University won a competitive grant from MacArthur Foundation to support the establishment and activities of the Centre in the first three years. This support is under the MacArthur Higher Education Initiative in Africa which is geographically focused in Nigeria and Madagascar, where the Foundation works with leading Universities to strengthen them as Institutions and advance their contributions to development of Africa. The Foundation hopes to build up University Departments or Centres and integrate them into Graduate Training and Research Disciplinary Networks involving other Universities and Institutions in Africa and beyond.

Bayero University established the CDA to be able to generate sustainable agricultural technologies that would increase the productivity of crops and livestock in the semi-arid and dry-sub-humid environments of Nigeria and the West African sub-region. The Centre would build human resource capacity at the appropriate level to meet the demand for improved technologies needed to adapt to the changing environment in the region. The Centre, as part of its objectives, will support graduates who would be able to engage themselves in production and research on dryland agriculture that will provide relevant and appropriate solutions to the regional agricultural and development problems.

Thus, the CDA aims to be a regional center of excellence in teaching, research and development in Agriculture, especially Dryland Agriculture. The Centre shall support degree training at the postgraduate level, as well as specialized short-term trainings targeted at imparting specific skills to specific clients. The postgraduate programme shall lead to the award of Postgraduate Diploma (PGD), Master (M.Sc) and Doctorate (Ph.D) Degrees in Five (5) areas of Dryland Agriculture as follows:
1 Natural Resource Management and Climate Change
2 Crops and Cropping Systems
3 Range and Livestock Management
4 Livelihoods and Natural Resource Economics
5 Mechanization in Agriculture

The priorities of the CDA are to create more effective multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional research to strengthen capacities of the institutions and individuals. It is planned that the research students supported by the CDA funds will derive the research agenda of the Centre. The Center shall continue to write proposals, attract funds and fuel this process. Collaboration with relevant Institutions and stakeholders is therefore key to the success of Centre.

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Our Goal

The CDA aims to be a regional center of excellence in teaching, research and development in Agriculture, especially Dryland Agriculture. The Centre shall support degree training at the postgraduate level, as well as specialized short-term trainings targeted at imparting specific skills to specific clients. Read More